1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's triple jump

Events at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
5000 m walk				women
10,000 m walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's triple jump event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Ionuţ Pungă Romania
Silver	Ivaylo Rusenov Bulgaria
Bronze	Gregory Yeldell United States

Results

Final

1 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts						Result	Notes
			1	2	3	4	5	6
	Ionuţ Pungă	Romania	16.47 (w: -1.5 m/s)	16.63 (w: -1.3 m/s)	x	16.66 (w: +1.0 m/s)	16.94 (w: +0.4 m/s)	16.91 (w: -0.2 m/s)	16.94 (w: +0.4 m/s)
	Ivaylo Rusenov	Bulgaria	15.91 (w: -0.9 m/s)	16.11 (w: -1.1 m/s)	x	16.01 (w: -0.8 m/s)	16.65 (w: +0.5 m/s)	16.15 (w: +0.1 m/s)	16.65 (w: +0.5 m/s)
	Gregory Yeldell	United States	x	x	15.86 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.70 (w: -1.1 m/s)	16.31 (w: +0.4 m/s)	16.44 (w: -0.1 m/s)	16.44 (w: -0.1 m/s)
4	Chris Hercules	United States	15.71 (w: -1.3 m/s)	x	x	15.15 (w: -0.7 m/s)	x	16.27 (w: +1.0 m/s)	16.27 (w: +1.0 m/s)
5	Zhao Zongming	China	16.14 (w: -0.6 m/s)	x	x	15.29 (w: -1.0 m/s)	x	x	16.14 (w: -0.6 m/s)
6	Sébastien Pincemail	France	15.58 (w: -1.0 m/s)	15.79 (w: -1.6 m/s)	15.86 (w: -0.4 m/s)	15.63 (w: +0.7 m/s)	15.84 (w: +0.4 m/s)	16.03 (w: +0.3 m/s)	16.03 (w: +0.3 m/s)
7	Sergey Bochkov	Azerbaijan	15.89 (w: -1.2 m/s)	16.00 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.73 (w: -0.6 m/s)	15.61 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.83 (w: +0.3 m/s)	x	16.00 (w: -0.1 m/s)
8	Michał Joachimowski	Poland	15.29 (w: -1.6 m/s)	15.69 (w: -0.7 m/s)	15.71 (w: -0.8 m/s)	x	15.00 (w: +2.0 m/s)	15.56 (w: -1.2 m/s)	15.71 (w: -0.8 m/s)
9	Daniel Donovici	Romania	15.50 (w: -1.5 m/s)	15.68 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.38 (w: +0.7 m/s)				15.68 (w: -0.2 m/s)
10	Thierry Moreau	France	15.26 (w: -1.6 m/s)	x	15.64 (w: -0.9 m/s)				15.64 (w: -0.9 m/s)
11	Sergey Khurbatov	Belarus	15.54 (w: -1.0 m/s)	15.59 (w: +0.7 m/s)	15.41 (w: -0.3 m/s)				15.59 (w: +0.7 m/s)
12	Danial Jahic	Yugoslavia	15.13 (w: -0.9 m/s)	15.38 (w: -1.2 m/s)	15.42 (w: -1.9 m/s)				15.42 (w: -1.9 m/s)

Qualifications

31 Jul

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Gregory Yeldell	United States	15.69 (w: +0.8 m/s)	15.88 (w: -0.5 m/s)	16.37 (w: +0.1 m/s)	16.37 (w: +0.1 m/s)	Q
2	Zhao Zongming	China	16.21 (w: +0.3 m/s)	-	-	16.21 (w: +0.3 m/s)	Q
3	Sébastien Pincemail	France	16.05 (w: 0.0 m/s)	-	-	16.05 (w: 0.0 m/s)	Q
4	Michał Joachimowski	Poland	15.58 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.70 (w: +0.7 m/s)	16.02 (w: +0.8 m/s)	16.02 (w: +0.8 m/s)	Q
5	Sergey Bochkov	Azerbaijan	15.97 (w: +0.2 m/s)	-	-	15.97 (w: +0.2 m/s)	Q
6	Daniel Donovici	Romania	15.72 (w: -0.7 m/s)	x	15.92 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.92 (w: +0.3 m/s)	Q
7	Danial Jahic	Yugoslavia	15.29 (w: +0.8 m/s)	15.56 (w: -0.4 m/s)	15.80 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.80 (w: +0.2 m/s)	q
8	Sergey Khurbatov	Belarus	15.74 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.64 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.78 (w: +0.1 m/s)	15.78 (w: +0.1 m/s)	q
9	Leevan Sands	Bahamas	15.70 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.09 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.58 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.70 (w: -0.1 m/s)
10	Ibrahim Abubaker	Qatar	14.84 (w: +1.2 m/s)	15.57 (w: 0.0 m/s)	14.90 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.57 (w: 0.0 m/s)
11	Pavel Kalinin	Russia	15.11 (w: +1.0 m/s)	15.34 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.52 (w: +0.4 m/s)	15.52 (w: +0.4 m/s)
12	Mikola Mestechkin	Ukraine	15.48 (w: +0.4 m/s)	x	15.44 (w: +0.7 m/s)	15.48 (w: +0.4 m/s)
13	Yasmin Mustafov	Bulgaria	15.11 (w: +0.6 m/s)	15.01 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.41 (w: -0.3 m/s)	15.41 (w: -0.3 m/s)
14	Nicholas Thomas	United Kingdom	15.07 (w: 0.0 m/s)	14.77 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.40 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.40 (w: +0.3 m/s)
15	Alexandros Malamas	Greece	x	15.23 (w: +0.8 m/s)	15.14 (w: +1.1 m/s)	15.23 (w: +0.8 m/s)

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Attempts			Result	Notes
			1	2	3
1	Ionuţ Pungă	Romania	x	16.14 (w: -0.3 m/s)	-	16.14 (w: -0.3 m/s)	Q
2	Ivaylo Rusenov	Bulgaria	15.98 (w: +0.7 m/s)	-	-	15.98 (w: +0.7 m/s)	Q
3	Chris Hercules	United States	15.97 (w: +0.8 m/s)	-	-	15.97 (w: +0.8 m/s)	Q
4	Thierry Moreau	France	14.96 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.85 (w: +0.1 m/s)	15.28 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.85 (w: +0.1 m/s)	q
5	Mohd Abdulaziz	Qatar	15.28 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.30 (w: +0.3 m/s)	15.70 (w: +0.7 m/s)	15.70 (w: +0.7 m/s)
6	Janne Harju	Finland	15.55 (w: +1.1 m/s)	13.67 (w: -0.8 m/s)	15.64 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.64 (w: +0.2 m/s)
7	Yuriy Opatskiy	Ukraine	15.61 (w: +0.4 m/s)	15.31 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.56 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.61 (w: +0.4 m/s)
8	Jon Wallace	United Kingdom	15.53 (w: 0.0 m/s)	x	15.39 (w: +1.1 m/s)	15.53 (w: 0.0 m/s)
9	Sergey Pavlov	Russia	x	14.89 (w: +0.2 m/s)	15.43 (w: +0.4 m/s)	15.43 (w: +0.4 m/s)
10	Ilja Tumorin	Estonia	14.89 (w: -1.0 m/s)	x	15.25 (w: -0.4 m/s)	15.25 (w: -0.4 m/s)
11	Zhou Can	China	15.00 (w: -0.2 m/s)	14.84 (w: -0.5 m/s)	15.24 (w: -0.1 m/s)	15.24 (w: -0.1 m/s)
12	Kostas Zalagítis	Greece	14.82 (w: +0.5 m/s)	13.82 (w: -0.2 m/s)	15.21 (w: +1.0 m/s)	15.21 (w: +1.0 m/s)
13	Masashi Watanabe	Japan	x	15.18 (w: -1.1 m/s)	x	15.18 (w: -1.1 m/s)
14	Sanjay Kumar Rai	India	x	14.84 (w: +0.1 m/s)	14.69 (w: -0.3 m/s)	14.84 (w: +0.1 m/s)
15	Thierry Adanabou	Burkina Faso	x	14.52 (w: +0.9 m/s)	14.23 (w: +0.5 m/s)	14.52 (w: +0.9 m/s)
16	François Loungou	Central African Republic	x	13.60 (w: -0.4 m/s)	x	13.60 (w: -0.4 m/s)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 21 countries participated in the event.

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